Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/432/REV.1 |
S-3§84 |
Brazil |
2022 |
Measures |
Other measures |
Other |
Relevant information
|
3.84. Although it supports companies of all sizes, ApexBrasil maintains a particular focus on activities that help enhance exports of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), foster competitiveness, and create jobs. Other strategic priorities include: (...) (iii) encouraging the use of "sociobiodiverse" resources. (...)
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/432/REV.1 |
S-3§99 |
Brazil |
2022 |
Measures |
Other support measures |
Energy |
Relevant information
|
3.99. Brazil offers incentives and assistance to businesses in various configurations. (...) Most initiatives aim at promoting (...) energy efficiency (...)
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/432/REV.1 |
S-3§105 |
Brazil |
2022 |
Measures |
Other support measures |
Not specified |
Relevant information
|
3.105. The number of incentive beneficiaries grew considerably during the review period. As at June 2022, the Manaus Free Trade Zone (ZFM) had 17,032 accredited companies whereas the remaining free trade zones (FTZs) had a total of 10,046 companies. (...) Eligibility for establishment in the ZFM remains conditional on observing Basic Productive Process (PPB) criteria (Section 3.3.1.1), as well as a number of environmental and social requirements. (...)
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/432/REV.1 |
S-3§107 |
Brazil |
2022 |
Measures |
Loans and financing, Investment measures |
Services |
Relevant information
|
3.107. (...) The authorities attribute the relative decline in the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) support to lower demand for financing, as well as to the termination of the Programme for the Sustainability of Investment (PSI) in 2015.
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/432/REV.1 |
S-Table-3.14 |
Brazil |
2022 |
Measures |
Other support measures |
Energy |
Relevant information
|
Table 3.14. Sectoral science, technology and innovation (S, T&I) funds, 2022: (...)
Fund/Law: Hydric Resources Fund (CT-HIDRO), Law No. 9,993, 24 July 2000
Resources: 4% of the financial compensation of electricity generation companies
(...)
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/432/REV.1 |
S-3§115 |
Brazil |
2022 |
Measures |
Conformity assessment procedures |
All products/economic activities |
Relevant information
|
3.115. (...) The National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO) continues serving as the (...) regulatory and supervising authority for legal metrology and compulsory conformity assessment in the areas of security, environmental, and health protection, and prevention of deceptive trade practices (...)
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/432/REV.1 |
S-3§128 |
Brazil |
2022 |
Measures |
Other environmental requirements |
Agriculture, Other |
Relevant information
|
3.128. (...) The National Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio), a multidisciplinary advisory body to the Federal Government, remains Brazil's authority for all activities involving genetically modified organisms (GMOs). (...)
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/432/REV.1 |
S-3§159 |
Brazil |
2022 |
Measures |
Public procurement |
All products/economic activities |
Relevant information
|
3.159. Article 11 of the 2021 Procurement Law provides that the procurement process should aim at: (...) (iii) encouraging innovation and sustainable national development. (...)
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/432/REV.1 |
S-3§171 |
Brazil |
2022 |
Measures |
|
Not specified |
Relevant information
|
3.171. In addition, Article 26:6 of the 2021 Procurement Law allows the use of offsets. (...) The use of offsets is further regulated by Decree No. 7,546/11, which sets out an indicative list of compensation measures (e.g. co production, production under licence, sub-contracted production, technology transfer, and capacity-building). Additional compensation provisions in the environment and cultural/historical sectors can be found in Laws No. 12,462/11 (Article 4) and No. 13,303/16 (Article 32). For example, pursuant to both laws, procurements that are deemed to have a negative impact on the environment must provide for appropriate environmental compensation.
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/432/REV.1 |
S-3§176 |
Brazil |
2022 |
Measures |
Other measures |
Other |
Relevant information
|
3.176. (...) Brazil ratified the (...) Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (the Nagoya Protocol) in 2021. (...)
|
Keywords
|
|
|